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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, file photo, Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the Afghan National Agriculture Science and Technology University in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party says the party’s struggles are to the point where it may not be able to win key upcoming state elections in 2019 or ensure its own future. Khurshid also says the party is facing attrition because it’s taking too long to come to terms with its defeat in May, 2019, national elections. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

Indian Congress party official sounds alarm on party’s fate

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, center, R-Utah, speaks with reporters after visiting with local officials to discuss how the four-week partial government shutdown is impacting an area with several major federal employers, including the Internal Revenue Service, Friday Jan., 18, 2019, in Ogden, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney reemerges as Donald Trump’s chief GOP critic

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974 file photo, President Richard Nixon waves goodbye from the steps of his helicopter outside the White House, after he gave a farewell address to members of the White House staff. Nixon was taken to nearby Andrews Air Force Base where he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California. On Aug. 7, 1974, three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to Nixon at the White House, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for two years, announced his resignation the next day. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity)

Richard Nixon GOP role unlikely to be repeated amid Donald Trump impeachment push

By David Crary - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2019 file photo, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, takes questions from reporters as he arrives for votes on pending nominations, at the Capitol in Washington. Romney’s ratcheted-up rhetoric on President Donald Trump is again raising hopes among Trump detractors that the senator could play a key role in the unfolding impeachment saga, though the historic shifts in their relationship mean Romney’s next move is an open question. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Romney ramps up rhetoric on Trump, but what’s his next move?

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1974 file photo, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., center, speaks to reporters after meeting with President Richard Nixon at the White House to discuss Nixon's decision on resigning. Flanked by Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, left and House GOP Leader John Rhodes of Arizona, right, Goldwater said Nixon has made &quot;no decision&quot; on whether to resign. The three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to Nixon, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for two years, announced his resignation the next day. (AP Photo)

GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis left, gestures as he welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, prior to their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pompeo is visiting southeastern European countries to show support for new NATO members in the region. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘silly gotcha game’

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Medicare at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fact-challenged week over impeachment

By HOPE YEN and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., stops to talks with reporters following a meeting with her caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Explains: How the ground shifted on Trump impeachment

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Defense Department offices have been instructed to “provide any pertinent documents and records to the office of general counsel for cataloging and review.” (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon told to preserve all records on Ukraine arms package

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats answer Trump’s ire and name-calling with subpoenas

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Rep.Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to speak with local officials about Venezuelan democracy efforts on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in Weston, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Nancy Pelosi impeachment inquiry faces legal challenges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 27, 2018 file photo U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Carlos Curbelo, ex-GOP congressman, urges Republicans to condemn Trump over appeal to Ukraine, China

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Taxing Away Health Benefits Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why the Cadillac tax must go

By Brian Marcotte

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an Armed Forces welcome ceremony for the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Impeachment standoff: Trump sees hoax, Dems see stonewalling

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

California's waiver and CAFE standards illustration

Taking away California’s greenhouse-gas standards waiver

By Mark Meckler

In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in Washington. Giuliani says he'd only cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry if his client agreed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Rudy Giuliani hints at legal action against Congress over impeachment inquiry

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019 file photo, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York. A federal judge in Manhattan has scheduled a hearing Tuesday, Oct. 1 for Collins to enter a guilty plea in a case initially brought last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Ex-Rep. Chris Collins pleads guilty in insider trading case

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump stands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before signing an agreement on trade at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. From left, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Abe, Trump, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement deal backers say pact vital to future of economy, Trump agenda

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A school teacher Dresses up as a girl as a statue depicting Indian freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March, on the eve of Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Dandi March is the name given to the Salt Satyagraha (Salt March) where Gandhi and other freedom fighters marched 241 miles to the sea to make their own salt on April 6, 1930 as an act of civil disobedience against the British colonial rule. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Correction: India-Gandhi Anniversary story

By KRITHIKA VARAGUR - Associated Press

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins arrives at Federal court, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in New York. Collins is expected to plead guilty in an insider trading case Tuesday, a day after saying he was quitting Congress. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Latest: Ex-Rep Chris Collins pleads guilty in stock case

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